Methods and apparatus for cashless gaming credit transfer
AssigneeFuturelogic, Inc.
InventorsRob Denham, Eric Meyerhofer, John Hilbert
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Abstract
A gaming table device which allows casinos and other types of gambling establishments to link gaming tables and point of sale terminals in or associated with a casino to connect and use systems. The systems may include a TITO (Ticket In Ticket Out) host system for credit transfer from cash, RFID chips, non-RFID chips, gaming vouchers, and promotional coupons to gaming vouchers, promotional coupons, chips and rewritable cards, among others, thereby expanding the use of credit transfer within a gaming establishment and or associated gaming establishments and their slot machines, change machines, and cashier cages to include gaming tables.
Claims15
A method of operating a gaming table device of a gaming table, comprising:
- receiving a total transaction amount for a player playing at the gaming table;
- determining whether the total transaction amount is to be issued as a single amount or as a distributed amount;
- issuing, when it is determined that the total transaction amount is a single amount, a single type of value bearing item for the total amount;
- and
- determining, when it is determined that the total transaction amount is to be distributed among a plurality of value bearing items, a plurality of distribution amounts of the total transaction amount for distributing the total transaction amount across a plurality of types of value bearing items, and issuing a value bearing item from the plurality of types of value bearing items for each distribution amount of the plurality of distribution amounts.
A gaming table device of a gaming table, comprising:
- means for receiving a total transaction amount for a player playing at the gaming table;
- means for determining whether the total transaction amount is to be issued as a single amount or as a distributed amount;
- means for issuing, when it is determined that the total transaction amount is a single amount, a single type of value bearing item;
- and
- means for determining, when it is determined that the total transaction amount is to be distributed among a plurality of value bearing items, a plurality of distribution amounts of the total transaction amount for distributing the total transaction amount across a plurality of types of value bearing items, and issuing a value bearing item from the plurality of types of value bearing items for each distribution amount of the plurality of distribution amounts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.